Faulty Router?

Hi all
How do you know when your router is faulty? I don't have another to test
with. Problem seems to be with SNR last night it was unusable at 6.5 but
this morning its back to its usual 12ish when using the web interface
sometimes it responds quick other times it will timeout and a network cable
is unplugged is seen every now and again. SpeedTouch580 is the model if
that's any help. Router fault or should I be looking elsewhere?
Cheers
Trev

Trev wrote:

> Hi all
> How do you know when your router is faulty? I don't have another to test
> with. Problem seems to be with SNR last night it was unusable at 6.5 but
> this morning its back to its usual 12ish when using the web interface
> sometimes it responds quick other times it will timeout and a network
> cable is unplugged is seen every now and again. SpeedTouch580 is the model
> if that's any help. Router fault or should I be looking elsewhere?
> Cheers
> Trev

Why waste time like that? - routers are dirt cheap
these days... http://www.ebuyer.com

"Trev" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all
> How do you know when your router is faulty? I don't have another to test
> with. Problem seems to be with SNR last night it was unusable at 6.5 but
> this morning its back to its usual 12ish when using the web interface
> sometimes it responds quick other times it will timeout and a network
cable
> is unplugged is seen every now and again. SpeedTouch580 is the model if
> that's any help. Router fault or should I be looking elsewhere?
> Cheers
> Trev

How long has this een happening? Is it just a recent thing, or has it been
going on for some length of time?

It could be just conditions. My SR varies between daytime and nighttime.
Although no figures are that bad tha it becomes unuseable. My maximum is
about 23 and the minimum around 16db, but perhaps you have the same problem
but with lower maximum, so when it comes down, it becomes too low.

I would monitor it for a few days and see if it improves or gets worse.

Obviously it can't be diagnosed unless you have another unit to compare it
against, so perhaps you should buy a backup router and compare results. If
the results are similar, then its likely to be a line fault, otherwise it
points to a fault with your router.

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Trev" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:43f6dea1$0$1174$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all
> > How do you know when your router is faulty? I don't have another to test
> > with. Problem seems to be with SNR last night it was unusable at 6.5 but
> > this morning its back to its usual 12ish when using the web interface
> > sometimes it responds quick other times it will timeout and a network
> cable
> > is unplugged is seen every now and again. SpeedTouch580 is the model if
> > that's any help. Router fault or should I be looking elsewhere?
> > Cheers
> > Trev
>
> How long has this een happening? Is it just a recent thing, or has it
been
> going on for some length of time?
>
> It could be just conditions. My SR varies between daytime and nighttime.
> Although no figures are that bad tha it becomes unuseable. My maximum
is
> about 23 and the minimum around 16db, but perhaps you have the same
problem
> but with lower maximum, so when it comes down, it becomes too low.
>
> I would monitor it for a few days and see if it improves or gets worse.
>
> Obviously it can't be diagnosed unless you have another unit to compare it
> against, so perhaps you should buy a backup router and compare results.
If
> the results are similar, then its likely to be a line fault, otherwise it
> points to a fault with your router.
>

Sorry about the missing characters in the above... I have a dodgy keyboard
: ))